his bicycle without stopping for seven days and seven nights, with the aim of raising money for life-saving surgery for his wife. In the end, even after seven days, he continues to pedal endlessly, too fatigued to hear his son's pleas to get off his bicycle. One scholar analyses the film as an allegory which parallels the exploitation that Afghan refugees suffer from in Iran and from which they are unable to escape. Other notable films with Afghan characters include Jafar Panahi's 1996 The White Balloon, Abbas Kiarostami's 1997 A Taste of Cherry, Majid Majidi's 2000 Baran, and Bahram Bayzai's 2001 Sagkoshi. Notable people Jalaleddin Farsi, former candidate for the presidency of Iran Setayesh Qorayshi Fereshteh Hosseini See also Afghanistan–Iran relations References Further reading External links Photos: The Life of Afghan Refugees in Tehran Photo essay by Samad Ali Moradi of Afghans in Iran (1993–96) Iran Afghanistan–Iran relations